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|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  12 November 1957 | Columbia, South Carolina | ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT 12/1100Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Reder ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Reder | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE Civilian | ☑ Was Astronomical Meteor ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 1 second | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one | 9. COURSE not given  |
|  10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF S…

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WP5247 YD0235 VYAS37VD0204X0A236
PP RJEDEN RJEDWP RJEPHQ RJEPNS
DE RJESKB 1E
P 132333Z
FM COMDR 861ST ACWRON
TO RJEDEN/COMDR ADC
RJEDWP/COMDR AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER WRIGHT PATIERSON AFB
OHIO
RJESKB/COMDR 35TH ADD
RJEPHQ/COMDR DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE HEADQUARTERS USAF
INFO RJEPNS/COMDR EADF
BT
/UNCLASSIFIED/OPNS 546 UFOB ATTN CIC:
(1) (A) ROUND
(B) ABOUT THE SIZE OF A DIME AT ARMS LENGTH
(C) WHITE LIGHT
(D) ONE
(E) N/A
(F) VERY HARD TO DISCRIBE - details
(G) TAIL TRAIL OR EXHAUST ABOUT 3 TIME THE DIAMETER OF MAIN OBJECT. HAD AN ORANGE TINGE. which di…

1) NONE BUT WAS NOT JET OF CONVENTIONAL AIRCRAFT EXHAUST OR METEOR.

(2) (A) MEN AT FORT JACKSON WERE COUNTING CADENCE AND BY INSTINCT I LOOKED UP
(B) ANGLE WAS 45 ON FLAT PATH OF FLIGHT.
(C) REMAINED CONSTANT
(D) STRAIGHT AND LEVEL
(E) DID NOT FADE BUT DISAPPEARED SUDDENLY
(F) NO OVER 1 SECOND
(in what direction did object)

(3) (A) GROUND VISUAL

(4) (A) 1199Z 12 NOV 57 1100-5 = 0600
(B) ABOUT DAWN OBSERVER STATED IT WAS ALMOST DARK ON GROUND BUT SKY WAS GETTING LIGHT.

(5) NORHT TRENHOLM SECTION OF COLUMBIA S C

(6) MR. SHANNON SPRINGS ROAD COLUMBIA S C AGE OCCUPATION HOME PHONE BUSINESS PH…

(8) NONE
(9) NONE
(10) NONE
(11) DUTY DIRECTOR. REPORT WAS RECEIVED APPROXIMATELY 6
HOURS AFTER FIRST OBSERVATION NO LOGICAL EXPLANATION AS TO
IDENTITY OF OBJECT. WO-W1 INTERCEPT
CONTROLLER 861ST ACWRON AIKEN S C
(12) NONE
BT
13/0801Z NOV RJESKB